Imagine
Children’s Festival in London
If you’re
coming to visit the British capital this February with your family then we have
the perfect activity for you because from the 12th to the 27th
of February the Southbank Centre in London will be hosting the Imagine Children's Festival, an event organised exclusively for the entertainment of your little
ones featuring performances from musicians, storytellers, comedians, puppeteers
and dancers, as well as a variety of workshops and screenings to keep them out
of mischief and their little hands busy.
Except a
fun-packed February for all the family in the Southbank Centre, London in the
Imagine 2011 annual children’s festival whereby your children will be kept well
and truly occupied and wildly entertained by the jam-packed agenda and
entertaining events organised solely for their amusement. They will get the
opportunity to listen to their favourite authors, laugh their miniature socks
off with stand up comedy, enjoy dance parties, sing along with an opera singer,
listen to free poetry, and storytelling and enjoy the Long Nose Puppets who
will be presenting their new show, “Penguin”.
Highlights
of this kiddie event include screenings of “The flying machine 3D”,a reading
and Q&A with Charlie Higson, comedy and songs by James Campbell reading and
talk by choreographer Arlene Phillips, strictly Family Ballroom, a workshop
with opera singer Elizabeth Watts, puppetry, storytelling and drawing with
Polly Dunbar, an interactive show with Children's Laureate Anthony Browne, performances
by Dan Zanes and Friends, Trudy Kerr's “Jazz for Juniors”, and “Penguin”
performed by Long Nose Puppets (as mentioned previously). In addition, running
throughout the festival is “My Life Illuminated”, an exhibition of light
sculptures, projections, poetry and soundscapes made by the children of Kids
Company and “Shoebox Living”, the results of a project for children to create a
model of a room in their home in a shoebox, also by Kids Company.
It’s all
childsplay! So, if you fancy this family orientated festival that is guaranteed
to keep your kiddies well and truly happy then check out their website for
further information on events and head down to the Southbank Centre during your
holidays this winter season in London.
Anna - Marketing Team